The residents around the port of Ghent woke up to a worrying sight on Tuesday when they noticed that a yellow cloud had formed, and was floating North.
"The situation is under control, there is no danger for the environment", explained fire spokesman Alisa Coessens.
The yellow cloud originated from a chimney of a company located in the port area and was made up of nitrogen dioxide, Coessens told Nieuwsblad. "This is released during a combustion process in that company. It's harmless."
Wij zijn aanwezig in de Gentse haven in de Pantserschipstraat. Een gele wolk drijft af richting het noorden (Langerbrugge-Evergem-Kluizen). Meetploegen ter plaatse. We volgen de situatie verder op.
— Brandweerzone Centrum (@bzcentrum) November 26, 2019
"We are present in the port of Ghent in the Pantserschipstraat", Brandweerzone Centrum said on Twitter. "A yellow cloud drifts towards the north (Langerbrugge-Evergem-Kluizen). Measuring teams are on site. We continue to monitor the situation."
They then followed this up with a message confirming that the results had shown that the cloud was never harmful at any time.
Update incident Pantserschipstraat: situatie onder controle. Uit de metingen is gebleken dat de wolk op geen enkel moment schadelijk was voor de omgeving.
— Brandweerzone Centrum (@bzcentrum) November 26, 2019
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